A LONG EXHORTATION

THEME - What if...

Woke up this morning with a puzzling question in my spirit. Dint pay much attention to it, but, as I got out of bed to begin my morning & daily drill of 60mins-90mins of Thanksgiving, that question again interrupted my thoughts ๐Ÿ’ฌ.

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The question was just packaged in two words....WHAT IF?

Before I could process the thoughts, a barrage of other questions began to roll in, and then, I knew I had to UP my game in my daily Thanksgiving drill.

You see, I do this Thanksgiving "drill" every morning before I
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progress to praying in the spirit and then in my understanding and with relevant bible passages. (Thanksgiving is key to my relationship with God, because, I Know this for sure...THE UNGRATEFUL CARRIES A MARK OF RESENTMENT)

NOW;
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What if you woke up this morning and you began to "knock" on the gates of heaven, and as you did, an angel appeared and told you, "hey, sorry bro/sis, God is still resting. He had a busy day yesterday, and cannot attend to anyone until 4pm...")
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What if you knocked on heaven's gate and was denied access because, the accuser of the brethren just used his reggae to spoil your blues the previous night

What if you needed to pour out libations before seeing God?
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What if you needed to come with a fattened, spotless cow worth millions of =N=?

What if you needed a fellow human to gain access?

What if God gave you the deserved judgement instead of mercy?

What if you had no one to watch over you?
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What if God actually sleeps and slumbers?

What if His love had grown cold because, you wearied him out with consistent and persistent wickedness and disobedience?

THE WHAT IFs ARE JUST INEXHAUSTIBLE.

What if God resists you, who can come to your aid?
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What if you have to pay for the oxygen you breathe in freely? (Your guess is as good as mine)

What if God abandoned you when you were going through the numerous vicissitudes of life?

Well, thank God there are no "WHAT IFs"
Thank God He never sleeps nor slumbers.
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Thank God we don't need any human intermediary to get to Him.
Thank God we have access to Him consistently, and freely.
Thank God we have no need to pour libations b4 we access Him.
Thank God there is no waiting room in the scheme of things, waiting room to wait for our turn
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You see, if there are words for Him then we donโ€™t have them.

You see, words are few, and to try to capture the one true God, using our vocabulary will never do, but we use words as an expression,
an expression of worship to a Savior,
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a Savior who is both worthy and deserving of our praise, adoration, Thanksgiving, worship.

#My God,
His grace is remarkable, mercies are innumerable,
strength is impenetrable,

He is honorable,

accountable,

favorable,

He is unsearchable yet knowable,
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indefinable yet approachable,

indescribable yet personal,

He is beyond comprehension,

further than imagination...

Christ of unsearchable riches

constant through generations, King of every nation.

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Isaiah 58:9 MSG
Then when you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am.'

*When God Shows Up -Day 1*

*Luke 7v11-17 MSG*
Talks about a widow, whose life was filled with losses & misery. She lived in Nain.
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She had no name.


๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผHer misery was used to describe her.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผMisery had indeed wrapped itself round her like a fitted garment. She was only identified as *THE WIDOW OF NAIN*
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She had lost her hubby, probably a few months or years back, & now, her only son was gone.๐Ÿ˜ฅ
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Nonetheless, this widow of

Nain proceeded to bury her only son.
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There were people there pretending to be mourning, meanwhile, they were gossiping amongst themselves..๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ"When did she lose her husband that we are once again burying her only son?

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผAre we sure she is not a witch?

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผIs she the only

one in town?
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From one tragedy to another.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผGod must be punishing her for her sins."
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By this time too, the grave diggers were waiting. They had completed the task of digging the sons grave, & only waiting to be paid their balance

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผThe mourners at the graveyard were

waiting too, but, suddenly, the Lord saw her...felt her pain & showered her with compassion.
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*Luke 7:14 MSG*
Then He went over and touched the coffin. The pallbearers stopped. He said, "Young man, I tell you: Get up."
*Luke 7:15*
The dead son sat up and began talking.
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Isaiah 58:9 MSG
Then when you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help & I'll say, 'Here I am.'

When God Shows Up-Day 4

Luke 5:2-9 MSG
Peter and his pals were having a very baaaaad day at work๐Ÿ˜ฅ
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They worked their fingers to d bones, yet, no harvest๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿผ


*It was EFFORTS 100% WORK DONE Zero*
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Well, let's go home...we try again tomorrow, & as they were washing their nets, Jesus Himself showed up.
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He said to Peter, "cast your nets on to the other side." (I can imagine the looks on his face & those of his fishing pals.)๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Someone asked, who is this guy trying to teach us what we already know? ๐Ÿ˜ก

Another answered, "He is the carpenter's son"

What, Really? Was the response.๐Ÿ˜ก

Peter answered, one more try wouldn't kill anyone...They they gave it one more shot
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They had no clue what was coming.

They dint see it coming.

*Luke 5:9 MSG*
When they pulled in that catch of fish, *awe, overwhelmed* Simon and everyone with him.๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Whenever God Himself shows up, the outcome is usually *UNBELIEVABLE*

*Job 29:24 MSG*
When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it;

their faces lit up, their troubles took wing!

*IN ALL YOUR ENDEAVOURS THIS MONTH, GOD HIMSELF WILL SHOW UP*

*Isaiah 65:23 KJV*
They shall not labour in vain...

*You will no longer labour in vain.*

*Isaiah 65:23a MSG*
They won't work and have nothing come of it...

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